Summer Guide 2009

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Warm weather is supposed to be accessorized by lackaday, by a breezy sensibility best enjoyed with a frosty tall boy in one hand, the sloppy product of a back-yard barbecue in the other. Instead, I find myself struggling to balance my beer between my kne Social networking is ruining your summer vacation — just accept it already and go outside By SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | July 24, 2009

With a beach season approaching in which most people will be squeezing quarters till the eagles fart, it's fair enough to ask aloud, "Is this going to be the worst summer ever ?" 10 cash-free ways to make summer not suck By CHRIS FARAONE | June 12, 2009

A crippling (and, as we've discussed , utterly ridiculous) fear of sharks isn't the only thing capable of keeping us away from the beaches this summer. Water parks that float our inner tube By SHAULA CLARK AND CHRIS FARAONE | June 12, 2009

In New England, where you can't swing a sack of cranberries without hitting a venerable cultural institution, anyone with access to a car (or even a subway pass) can scope out these topnotch art museums. New England museums worth traveling for By SHAULA CLARK | June 12, 2009

Summer traditionally has been the happy hunting ground for Hollywood studios — the time when they unleash their big-budgeted, f/x-heavy warhorses on armies of newly freed schoolchildren and frazzled adults trying to beat the heat. Between the Blockbuster and the beach there are the film festivals of New England By PETER KEOUGH | June 12, 2009

Ana Grey is the fearless heroine of April Smith's dark and thoughtful thriller series. But reading these fast-paced books shows the question to be more complicated. Ana Grey is, after all, not only a brave FBI agent, but also the cowering daughter of a April Smith's mystery/thrillers delve in darkness By CLEA SIMON | June 12, 2009

The best summer music festivals take something from the season: the smell of the surf, the sight of the mountains, fireworks, lawn seating — or, at least, fried dough. Music al fresco at summer fests By CLEA SIMON | June 12, 2009